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Best of Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence on jazz, shifting the music’s focus from collective improvisation to solo performers. With his distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, or vocalizing using syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and deep, instantly recognizable voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong’s... Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Louis Armstrong
• What A Wonderful World
• 1968
• 1015

• 2
• Ella Fitzgerald & Louis...
• Summertime
• 1957
• 963

• 3
• Louis Armstrong
• Hello Dolly
• 1964
• 341

• 4
• Louis Armstrong
• Takes Two To Tango
• 1952
• 182

• 5
• Louis Armstrong
• What A Wonderfull World
• 2006
• 160

• 6
• Louis Armstrong
• West End Blues
• 1928
• 30

• 7
• Louis Armstrong
• Exactly Like You
• 2008
• 0

• 8
• Louis Armstrong
• St. Louis Blues
• 2008
• 0

• 9
• Louis Armstrong & Gabriele
• Uncle Satchmo'S Lullaby
• 1959
• 0